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Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863) 
AphiaID: 104466

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Calanidae (Family) > Calanus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Calanus Leach, 1816
Synonymised
taxa
  Calanus synupuensis Kurasige, 1933 (an immature of Calanus helgolandicus)
Cetochilus helgolandicus Claus, 1863 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Mori, T.. 1932. Abnormal and immature forms of Calanus and their bearing on classification. Calanus no utagawashiki Lenigata, yoska ayobi sono bunruijo no Kosata. Zoological Magazine (Dobutsugaku Zasshi), Tokyo 44:33-34. (15-ii-1932, Japanese.) [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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 Subspecies Calanus helgolandicus ponticus Jashnov, 1955
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Blankenberge [details]
Bray-Dunes [details]
Bredene [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mariakerke [details]
Middelkerke [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Oostende [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Voordelta [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeebrugge [details]
Links Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls)
PlanktonNet Image
To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (178 nucleotides; 123 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Classification: By some considered a subspecies of C. finmarchicus.

A discussion on the identification of both C. finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus is given by van Breemen (1906). [details]

DistributionC. helgolandicus might have a more southern distribution compared to the one of the congener species C. finmarchicus[details]
Images 
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104466
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104466 on 2013-05-23
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